"Zhang Feng, you continue to recruit people!"
"Hong Rui, take three people to patrol the surrounding mountains to prevent any monsters without eyes from rushing in."
"Zhu Hua, you are responsible for the order around Jinghong Island. You are strictly prohibited from committing crimes."
"Yuan Lu, you are responsible for opening up the spirit stone veins."
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After a brief test of everyone's abilities, Xu Wen began to give orders quickly, while giving each person a bottle of low-level elixirs and several low-level magic talismans, and said solemnly:
"As long as you work hard, I won't begrudge you rewards, whether they are spiritual veins, elixirs or techniques!"
After uncorking the bottle and taking a few glances at the elixir, everyone's faces were filled with joy.
Originally, they were just low-level monks on Jinghong Island and had very few opportunities to acquire these elixirs. Unexpectedly, after a series of disasters, they would meet such a wealthy island owner as Xu Wen.
Everyone saluted respectfully and said loudly:
"I am willing to work hard for the island master!"
With a laugh, Xu Wen waved his hand, and the others hurriedly left to perform their respective tasks, while he continued to repair the magic circle in the island owner's mansion.
At this time, his multi-specialty and multi-functional role was fully demonstrated. If he hadn't held the position of second-level array mage, he would definitely not be able to repair the array in this mansion.
Jinghong Island only has spirit stone mines and no spiritual veins. This array is not only for the island owner to practice himself, but also has the function of distributing spiritual energy to monks in other places.
Therefore, although Xu Wen had little influence on Xu Wen with the Mysterious Cave Heaven in hand, he had to repair the magic circle.
After breaking through the protective magic circle, the two sides did not struggle for too long in the island owner's mansion. The damage to the magic circle was not very serious.
Previously, Xu Wen had already manipulated the golden statue of Buddha and the robe of the Ghost King to repair some simple damages. As long as one more important node was repaired, the magic circle could be restored.
This is a rockery made of black iron. The monsters that broke in saw such a big piece of black iron and bombarded it without any regard.
Break the Xuantie rockery into several pieces and snatch them away separately.
"The man who buys a casket for a pearl is blind!"
The value of the refined formation nodes was far greater than the raw material of black iron itself. Xu Wen could only curse in his heart for the wasteful behavior of these low-level monsters.
Fortunately, all those ghosts were killed by Xu Wen, and a few fragments were recovered.
As long as it is re-smelted into one body and the restrictions are repaired, it can be used again, which is much simpler than re-refining it completely.
Fortunately, Xu Wen is still a second-level weapon refiner. Otherwise, no matter how high his cultivation level is, he will not be able to find a weapon refiner to repair this formation node for him for a while.
There is a complete weapon refining room in Xuanji Cave, which is the flame room. Let the golden Buddha statue guard outside, escape into it with the fragments, activate the earth fire, and Xu Wen starts to refine the weapon.
Time passed little by little, and the golden Buddha statue remained motionless, as if asleep.
A rockery not far behind him suddenly and quietly moved to the side, and a young man flew out, who turned out to be a foundation-building monk.
Judging from his skillful actions, he is very familiar with this place.
Behind him, two pale-faced monks at the ninth level of Qi Refining also climbed out of the cave one after another.
You can imagine the pressure of doing this kind of thing under the nose of a real Jindan person.
"What do I say? Is there something wrong with this Buddhist practice?"
The young man Zhu Ji was also very nervous, but he still managed to remain calm and pointed at the motionless golden statue of Buddha, and whispered to the two people behind him.
"Yes, the young island master is indeed very discerning!"
The two Qi Refining monks who came boldly were a little excited and nodded repeatedly.
This young man turned out to be the son of the island owner of Shishi Mine. He had lived in the island owner's mansion for a long time, so he was naturally very familiar with this place.
During the battle of King Nilu's attack on the island, most of the core disciples of the original island owner died, but under the protection of his father, he survived by chance.
He did not thank Xu Wen for saving his life. Instead, he believed that Xu Wen's occupation of the island was a dove occupying a magpie's nest, so he sneaked back here with a few low-level disciples.
King Nilu's attack came so suddenly that they had no time to prepare. Without those few things, he couldn't leave Jinghong Island.
He is a foundation-building monk, and there is also a Jindan Laozi, whose vision is far better than that of ordinary monks, and he actually discovered the secret of the golden statue of Buddha.
Most of the formations here have been repaired, leaving only this secret passage. When Xu Wen left, he broke in immediately.
"Let's go, take the few things my father left for me and leave. One day, I will come back and take back everything that belongs to me!"
The young man waved his hand and led the two of them towards the backyard quickly.
Arriving at the wall of a quiet room, the young man flicked his fingers, ripples suddenly appeared on the wall, and the three of them rushed in without hesitation.
Inside is a dark room with nothing else but a sea ship parked in the middle.
The sea ship is a large magic weapon, which is very difficult to build and maintain. It is not usually placed in the sea water, but is kept in a quiet room here.
Jinghong Island is surrounded by sea on all sides, and the nearest islands are thousands of miles apart. There are very few islands and reefs in the middle that can be parked. It is difficult for even Jindan monks to fly directly, and most of them have to use sea ships.
Zhu Ji and other monks had to travel by sea ship.
The key is that there are navigation maps on the ship that are necessary to get to other islands.
Without nautical charts, even if Xu Wen occupied Jinghong Island, he would not be able to establish contact with other islands without decades of exploration.
Whether it is the development of power or the development and utilization of Jinghong Island, it will be greatly restricted.
Anyone who has lived in the Endless Sea for a long time will definitely know this.
But Xu Wen had just arrived and didn't know much about sea-going ships. He thought the offshore fishing boats in the port were long-distance ships.
"Let's take action together to reduce the size of the ship."
The young man flew up, held down the rudder, and ordered the other two people to cast spells together.
A large magic weapon like a sea ship cannot be controlled by one person, so he recruited these two nephews to join him.
But the two nephews stood there motionless, with only one pair of eyes moving anxiously, with unconcealable fear in their eyes.
"you……"
With a scream, the young man did not rush towards the entrance of the secret room, but instead rushed towards the interior of the cabin.
With just one glance, he understood that he was no match for the opponent. His only way to survive was to use the formation inside the ship to threaten the opponent.
But just as he took a step forward, a strange light struck him, and cold ice rose from the soles of his feet, grew rapidly, and soon reached his throat.
His entire body was frozen in black ice, with only one head still exposed.
Xu Wen slowly walked into the secret room, looked at the ship, and felt lucky in his heart.
When refining the formation nodes, he suddenly felt uneasy. He immediately came out to observe and happened to find the tails of the three people.
A monk of this level actually dared to make trouble on his head, which made him curious, so he followed him all the way.
Looking at the young man, Xu Wen said coldly:
"I am also your savior. Is this how you repay kindness with enmity?"
"What kind of savior are you? A benefactor who occupies my mansion and robs my island?"
The young man had some backbone and retorted.
With a chuckle, Xu Wen said coldly:
"If I hadn't taken action, these things wouldn't be yours anymore. I snatched them from those monsters. They are my trophies!"
"Besides, if you really want it, you can just come and ask for it openly. What's the point of coming here so secretly?"
The young man was blushing and silent, but he was unwilling to admit defeat. After a while, he choked out:
"I came to ask for it openly. Will you give it to me? Or will I be attacked by you?"
Xu Wen frowned slightly. Although this young man had foundation-building skills, he had an angry youthful temperament. It was probably because I took good care of him.
On this isolated Jinghong Island, there is a Jindan Laozi as his backer. Naturally, he does not know that the sky is high and the earth is high, and he is not afraid of anything.
This kind of people can only be defeated but cannot be convinced.
Not bothering to talk to him, he raised his hand and the ice expanded rapidly, soon freezing him completely.
The Beiming Xuanbing not only made it impossible for him to breathe, but also caused the ice to reach his bone marrow. Being frozen inside, he would endure the pain of having his bones cut out with thousands of knives all the time.
Turning around to look at the two Qi Refining monks, Xu Wen didn't even need to speak. The powerful aura made the two of them lower their heads involuntarily.
Then he bent down and knelt down until his whole body fell to the ground.
Looking at the two people, Xu Wen said coldly:
"Who else are you, where are you hiding, what do you want to do..."
"There are still six of us hiding in the mountains to the west, trying to steal the ship and go to..."
Overwhelmed by Xu Wen's coercion, the two of them didn't hide anything and rushed to tell everything they knew.
Xu Wen asked many other things, especially the geographical location of Jinghong Island, the surrounding sea conditions, the distribution of the sea clan's forces, etc.
The two of them were still pouring beans out of bamboo tubes and spoke out at once.
However, their realm is too low and their knowledge is extremely limited. Many things are vague and they cannot see the reality.
With a wave of his hand, the mysterious ice broke open and released the young man.
As soon as he fell to the ground, the young man trembled and curled up into a ball, like a roasted prawn.
Faced with Xu Wen's questioning, he honestly told everything.
He knew much more in detail, and he had followed his Jin Dan father to the sea and visited several other islands.
From his mouth, Xu Wen also roughly knew the location of Jinghong Island, which should be in the northwest corner of Jambudvipa Continent.
It is tens of thousands of miles away from the mainland, and it is even farther away from the Hengjue Mountains and Bazhou Mountains. It also crosses many Jedi and various different spheres of influence.
At Master Jindan's speed, even if he kept traveling day and night, it would probably take him more than ten years to get back.
Rushing back is a waste of time and energy, and not cost-effective.
However, according to what this young man Yang Zhen said, there may be chambers of commerce on some large fourth-tier islands. Then you can try there to see if you can send messages through them.
"Do you want to die or live?"
Looking at the three people in a blink of an eye, Xu Wen said coldly.
(End of chapter)
